How well have water alkaline boosters worked for you?

So I purchased this alkaline booster for water and it just arrived today. I will definitely say that it did not solve all my pain problems, but I was surprised when my pains got worse. I will have to experiment some more over the next couple days though.

What products have other people tried that worked really well? The one I just bought is a small bottle called Alkazone. I am also considering trying actual bottles of alkaline water, but for now this is all I have.

Wouldn't taking some tums do just as much raising the PH in you stomach? Instead of chewing a tums I suck on it like a candy, that coats the throat and esophagus with high PH saliva.

Johnah,
that sounds like something that actually might help me. I haven't tried shy antacids in a long time since my reflux has been so strong that antacids done help at all, like most people here.

JPT and Rick,
I haven't spent a lot of time trying it out. I opened it yesterday and have only tried it once, so it might actually help. I created this looking for input from other people, but I will have more to post about soon.

I did not know when I bought it that it's goal is to balance the pH of the body. The one I bought may be less useful, but I would like to hear if there are other better ones out there.

Bacon

For me I am not suprised if it made it worse. I find that the fullness of my stomach is very important. If I drink quite a bit, even of alkaline water, then reflux is far more likely, and any sort of reflux irritates an esophagus exposed to GERD. Even mild GERD for a prolonged period can cause the esophagus to become much more sensitive.

I would stick to ant-acids that do not increase the volume of stomach contents by much.

I strongly suggest Coconut water (not milk) to drink. Just a drink itself will not be enough, from my experience, you also need to change your diet to 80% alkaline foods...It worked really good for me. You can see the details of the alkaline food in my GERD diary posts...